An Afternoon in July


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(3.5 stars; 2 reviews)

(0 hr 33 min)

Chapters

An Afternoon in July - Read by AM 1:58 Read by Maishwarya
An Afternoon in July - Read by AN 2:26 Read by Anna Mayworm
An Afternoon in July - Read by BGH 2:13 Read by Brett G. Hirsch
An Afternoon in July - Read by BLD 2:12 Read by Blaze Dragon
An Afternoon in July - Read by EEP 3:05 Read by Ernst Pattynama
An Afternoon in July - Read by ELC 2:47 Read by elisecandel
An Afternoon in July - Read by FS 2:15 Read by fshort
An Afternoon in July - Read by GB 2:24 Read by Garth Burton
An Afternoon in July - Read by JCM 2:32 Read by Jason Mills
An Afternoon in July - Read by JCW 2:31 Read by Jeremy Christopher Wadkins
An Afternoon in July - Read by JM 2:21 Read by Jannie Meisberger
An Afternoon in July - Read by LLW 2:34 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
An Afternoon in July - Read by MC 2:04 Read by mlcui
An Afternoon in July - Read by PS 2:02 Read by Phil Schempf

Reviews

An Afternoon in July


(2 stars)

At first I was put off by this poem. It's theme was unspectacular and less than uplifting, both aspects of which, if present, would have significantly altered the message of the poem and how it was conveyed. Then after having listened halfway through the set I began noting certain parallels: sultry, languid, hot are all words occurring more than once. My ears perked up. The addition of Sun, day added nothing unexpected to the poem's subject matter and the duplicate flowers, trees could merely be environmental. But cheeks pillowed/crimson cheeks and hush(descriptive/imperative) appear more intentional. And most convincing were those pairs in bold proximity still, stirred. Yet I can't relate any pattern of these to the meaning of the poem. Perhaps the contrast between the concept of breeze, air, breath/breathing and acts done in vain. Or maybe it is meant to be read repetitiously like over a book's single page in a stupor of scorching heat.